Gerald Duane Burgher
GERALD “GARY” DUANE BURGHER December 5, 1940, ~ April 14, 2024. Gerald Duane Burgher passed away peacefully at Auberge Memory Care in Ogden, Utah on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Gary was born on December 5, 1940, to Edna and Lyle Burgher in Redding, Iowa. Gary married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Dukes, in 1961 and…
Read MoreBetty Lou Kaster Comer
Betty Lou Kaster Comer was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother. She left this world April 22nd, 2024, at age 89 (she celebrated her 39th birthday many times). She was born to Perry and Mildred Kaster on January 24th, 1935, in Mt Ayr, Iowa. After graduating from Kellerton High School, she…
Read MoreRaiders runners-up at home
Raiders runners-up at home golf tournament The Mount Ayr boy’s golf team finished second at a three-team meet at home on Monday, April 15. There, the Raiders scored 173 points, second to meet champion Wayne who won with a team score of 169. The Falcons were led by the medalist and runner-up medalist finishers. Nash…
Read MoreShaffer wins medalist honors, Raiderettes win meet
For the second time in as many meets, Mount Ayr’s Jaylee Shaffer collected medalist honors at a meet. This time, at the large MoHawk Invitational last Thursday where there were eight teams and 49 individual golfers. Shaffer won the meet with a low score of 76. As a team, the Raiderettes picked up an impressive…
Read MoreTwo season best times in relays for Raiders
A week before the Drake Relays, the Mount Ayr boy’s track team had a pair of meets last week. The Raiders traveled to West Central Valley last Thursday for the second of two meets. There, the Raiders would place seventh with 46 points. AC/GC won the meet with a team score of 114 points. Panorama…
Read MoreRaiders third at Lenox Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr Raider boys track team placed third at the Lenox Co-Ed last Monday, April 15. There, the Raiders scored 76 team points to place third. Riverside won the meet with a team score of 117 points while Shenandoah was the runner-up team with a score of 102 points. Lenox was fourth with 69,…
Read MoreRaiderettes place third at Lenox Co-Ed
The Mount Ayr Raiderettes were paced by three event wins at the Lenox co-ed meet on Monday, April 15 as part of their third-place tying team finish at the 11-team scoring meet. The point total for Mount Ayr was their third-highest of the season. Mount Ayr won the high jump, the 4×400-meter relay, and the…
Read MoreSnapshots of History: Grand Valley High School gym
Kellerton High School’s gymnasium was built in 1951 and beginning in 1952, the remaining Ringgold County Girls’ Basketball Tournament games were played here. Prior to that, most of the tournaments were held at Beaconsfield. The first tournament in the modern era was played in 1942 with the Delphos girls as champs. After that the Tingley…
Read MoreRepublicans can’t govern
To the editor: If you have any doubts about the ineffectiveness and inability of the majority party in the House of Representatives to do its job, i.e. govern the nation, take a closer look. Once again, the position of the Speaker of the House has come under attack from ultra-right wing members. Fearful that the…
Read MoreLooking Back
One Hundred Years Ago (From the Mount Ayr Record-News,Thursday, April 30, 1924.) Grant City Bank closes. By order of its directors the Farmers Trust Co. of Grant City closed its doors yesterday morning and wired the state finance department to take charge of the affairs of the institution. The last report of the trust company, made…
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